Oyster pass
| Oyster pass | |||
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| Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |||
| Valley locations | McMurdo Sound | Skelton Glacier | |
| Mountains | Royal Society Range | ||
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 162 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ E | ||
The Auster Pass is a high mountain pass in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Royal Society Range it leads between Mount Huggins and Mount Kempe from McMurdo Sound to the area of the Skelton Glacier .
The northern New Zealand survey team on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named the pass after the aircraft made by the British manufacturer Auster Aircraft , which were used on Antarctic flights by the Royal New Zealand Air Force .
Web links
- Auster Pass in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Auster Pass on geographic.org (English)